Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-30
NEWS OF THE DAY
ard;pal GIBBONS has arrived at St. Paul

Cardinal Gibbons has arrived at st. Paul,
MINI.
Gen. Latrobe has accepted the democratic
nomination for Mayor of Baltimore.
Mrs. Otto Goldschmidt Jenny Lindl has
had stroke of paralysis Her mind is I'M
impaired
Tennessee yesterday voted on the adop-
ton of the prohibition amendment 10 The
State constitution. Both sides claim the
State.
Negotiations, it "a said, are going on for
the sale of controlling interest in TIE An.
napois, Washington and Baltimore Rail
road to the Baltimore and Drum Point Rail-
road Comapny.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, sister of
President Cleveland, has commenced her
new duties as teacher of American history
in q young ladies' boarding school rear
Central Park, New York.
Civil Service Commissioner Oberly de-.
cides that federal employees cannot belong
to State political associations, which decl-
sion has kicked up somewhat. of bubbub
in Washington, and it is said legal fight
will be the result.
The democratic convention of the Sixth
district has nominated Col. S. NJ. Robertson,
of Baton Rouge, La, for Congress, to sue.
coed his father, the late Col. E. w. Robert
son. Col. Robertson is an avowed supporter
Of Gov. McEuery for re election.
There is sudden break in the Shepherd
reception preparation in Washington said
10 be due to The labor organizations refus-
ing to take part in the parade should Andy
Gleason, the contractor, and Dan. j. Nc
earthly, bouee builder, be allowed to carry
out certain contracts.
The shooting incident on the Franco Ger.
man frontier is still under investigation, but
the French are rapidly narrowing the field
of inquiry to French territory, where the
shooting seems to have occurred, and it is
said that NJ Fourens will demand the pun
ishment OF Kaufmanp, who did the shooting.
District Attorney Worthington, in Wash.
ington. yesterday, argued his side of the
boycott case now oil trial in the Police
Court there. He held that q conspiracy
had been established, and that he was de-
Tending the vast number of workingham
and non union workiugmen. Judge Smell
reserved his decision.
M. Schnaobele, jr., who was arrested on
tho Goth instant by the German authorities
for crossing the frontier and aflixing trea
sonable placa:d bearing the tricolor upon q
tree near tho roadway, has been sentenced
TO three weeks Imprisonment and u fine OIL
20 marks The time he has already spent
in prison will be credited TO him against MS
sentence.
The CONCERT hall and saloon at Houston
and Crosby streets. New York, widely
known as Harry Hits was finally closed
yesterday, after notorious existence Of
81 years. Mr.. Hill notified the Chief OF
Police yesterday that he had gone out Of
business. He claims 10 have been bounded
by the police because he refused to submit
to blackmai He has accumulated large
fortune.
Professor C. w. Williams of Cincinnati
made successful parachute descent at the
Mexico fair grounds, Oswego, n. Y, yester
day from balloon 5000 feet in the air
Upon cutting loose from the balloon, the
parachute failed to initiate, owing to the
ropes becoming entangled, and he fell five
hundred feet then the ribs broke and the
parachute inflated. He landed in heap il
a cornfield But for the breaking of the rib:
he would have teen killed.